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Philosophy

Less, placed precisely.

Aesthetic medicine done well is mostly a series of decisions not to do things. These are the ones we hold to.

  • 4 principlesEach with its practice
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Our approach

The aim is not a visible change. It is a visible ease — the face you have after a well-rested week, still entirely your own.

That takes restraint more than technique. Technique is learnable; knowing when to stop is the part of the work that has to be practised on every patient, at every visit.

Principles

Four things we won't compromise on.

Dosed in units, not syringes

A face is easier to add to than to take away from. We plan in small, deliberate amounts and let the result settle before deciding whether anything more is needed.

In practice

  • First injectable treatments usually begin at roughly two-thirds of a typical dose.
  • Every injectable treatment includes a review at fourteen days, when the effect is complete.
  • We add only where the result asks for it — and say so when it doesn't.
From the journal: Why we start with less
  • ≈ 2/3 doseFirst treatment
  • 14 daysTo review
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One doctor, start to finish

We're a small team of doctors, but you see one of us throughout. Judgement doesn't survive a handover: the doctor who listens to what you want is the one who treats you, and the one who sees you again afterwards.

In practice

  • Consultation, treatment and review with the same physician — whichever of our doctors that is.
  • No rotating injectors, and no re-explaining your face to someone new.
  • A direct number for your doctor after every treatment.
  • 1 doctorPer patient: assess · treat · review
A doctor writing on a clipboard across a desk from a patient; neither face is in frame.

Measured, not guessed

Change in skin and soft tissue is gradual, and memory is unreliable. We record it instead: the same corner, the same light, the same angles, every visit.

In practice

  • Standardised clinical photography before every treatment and review.
  • Skin analysis repeated under identical conditions on courses of treatment.
  • Your photographs are yours to see at any appointment.
From the journal: The photograph is the record
  • Same light · angleEvery visit
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No is a clinical answer

Some consultations end without a treatment. If the concern is better addressed another way, the timing is wrong, or the honest advice is to leave well alone, we say so.

In practice

  • Consultations carry no obligation to proceed.
  • Plans are written for you, not chosen from a price list.
  • Medical questions are answered in person, by the doctor, after assessing you.
From the journal: What a consultation is for
  • No obligationTo proceed
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The doctor

Dr Helena Marlowe

Medical Director

Trained in general medicine before moving into aesthetics, with a particular interest in skin quality and in treating the face as a whole rather than line by line.

Sees each of their patients personally, from first consultation to review, and keeps a deliberately small list so that each appointment is unhurried.

Registered with the General Medical Council and accredited with Save Face. Registration details

Meet the doctors

Qualifications & registration

  • Medical DirectorRole
  • MBBS, University College LondonCredential
  • MRCP (UK); Member, British College of Aesthetic MedicineCredential
  • To be confirmedGMC registration number
  • To be confirmedSave Face accreditation reference

Begin with a conversation.

Consultations last forty-five minutes, are held with the doctor who would treat you, and carry no obligation to proceed.

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